In the midst of political decline and burgeoning financial problems in the late nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire became embroiled in a borrowing frenzy, w
This book analyzes public debt from a political, historical, and global perspective. It demonstrates that public debt has been a defining feature in the constru
This book examines the role of institutions and law on the economic performance of the Ottoman Empire between 1500 and 1800. By focussing on the pre-industrial
This paper traces the different attempts to explain the role and the effects of public debt on national economies from the late 17th century to the postwar peri